Texas Department of Public Safety. Management. Mutual Aid Workshop May 11, 2012

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1 Texas Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management Mutual Aid Workshop May 11, 2012 Chief, Texas Division of Emergency Management Texas State Law: Governor appoints Public Safety Commission (PSC)(5 members) Director, Department of Public Safety (DPS) is appointed by the PSC Chief, DPS, Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is appointed by the DPS Director, with approval of the Governor 1

2 TDEM At A Glance The Chief reports to the Governor for all emergency and disaster related matters Responsible for a comprehensive state emergency management program Over 200 FTEs serving the six DPS regions Methods of Financing State general revenue: Supports 71 full-time employees. $3.4M annually (salary & operating) EMPG: Supports 94 full-time employees (District Coordinators, command staff and preparedness personnel) Interagency contracts: Supports 9 full-time employees (e.g., WIPP, PANTEX, and Technological Hazards) Recovery Funds: 44 FTE s funded by FEMA s reimbursement of direct disaster administrative costs incurred by grantees and sub-grantees that are properly documented and directly chargeable on a Project Worksheet for a specific project 2

3 Methods of Financing State general revenue: $ 3,664, EMPG: ~ $ 18,356, * pass through to local jurisdictions ($6 million) projects ($7 million) 94 FTE s ($5 million). Interagency contracts: ~ $1,600,000 Disaster Funding: ~ $1,681,000 Total Funding: ~ $19,300,000 * 2011 EMPG award TDEM Executive Team TDEM Assistant Director Chief NimKidd Chief of Staff Richard Hooks DAD Response Tom Polonis DAD Finance Shari Ramirez MacKay DAD Recovery, Mitigation, & Standards Paula Logan State Coordinators (Field Response) State Coordinator Preparedness Chuck Phinney State Coordinator OMB Johnna Cantrell State Coordinator Recovery Frank Cantu District Coordinators State t Coordinator Operations Dede Powell State Management Team 3

4 Requesting State Assistance through DDCs Staging areas Direction and control of resources Incident Management Team support Facilities and equipment State and District Coordinator interface Local Elected Officials Local Emergency Management Disaster District Committees (DDC) State Operations Center Requesting Assistance 4

5 EMAC & TIFMAS STATE & FEDERAL MUTUAL AID EMAC Overview Maximizes use of all available resources In accordance with the National Response Framework, enables states to share resources Expedites and streamlines delivery of assistance between member states Protects state sovereignty Provides management and oversight 5

6 EMAC Overview EMAC does not replace federal support or move resources from county to county, city to city, or locality to locality. Resources must be from state to state. County, local, and other personnel and resources must work through the state emergency management office. EMAC Activation 1. Governor issues state of emergency. 2. Authorized representative from the affected state alerts EMAC National Coordinating Group (NCG). 3. Affected State request may request an Advance Team (A-Team) deployment or may use in-house trained staff. 4. A-Team works coordinates with affected state to determine needs/requests/costs and availability of resources via EMAC Operations System 5. States complete requisitions and negotiation of costs. 6. Resources are sent to affected state. 7. Responding state requests reimbursement. 8. Responding state is reimbursed. 6

7 EMAC in Texas Member state since 1998 Authorized representative at SOC: Gisela Ryan-Bunger Operations Section Administrator For more information about EMAC, visit 7

8 TIFMAS Invoices FDs deployed: 376 Invoices received: 420 Pending invoices should be completed by end of May Status Number Amount Paid 213 $3,795, Pending (waiting for back-up docs?) Ready to be sent for final audit 50 $1,648, final audit 124 $2,691, Totals 420 $8,766,